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shrubs that should be always in high condition, as it is conspicu- 

 ous from every point of view. We will suggest for its point 

 nearest the house the Spirea callosa alba : then the Dcutzia gra- 

 cilis ; next, two feet from the former, the Spirea reevcsi fiore plena ; 

 next (in the middle line of the bed), the Spirea callosa fortiniii, with 

 a Daphne cneorutn on each side of it to cover its nakedness near 

 the ground ; and tor the end of the bed nearest the entrance-gate, 

 the Chinese red, or the Chinese purple magnolia. Or this bed 

 may be filled with evergreen shrubs or shiubby trees alone, as 

 follows: for the point nearest the house, the Dap/ine cneomm ; near, 

 and behind it, the Andromeda floribunda ; next, two feet from the 

 former, a pair of rhododendrons, Roseum elegans and Album can- 

 didissima ; next, in the middle, a single rhododendron, ^t^-t/^v/zw, 

 with a rhododendron, evercstianicm, on each side of it ; next, in the 

 centre line of the bed, the Cephalotaxus fortiinii mascula ; and for 

 the end of the bed next the street the golden yew, or the golden 

 arbor-vitae. No. 20 is the weeping juniper, Oblonga pendula ; 21 is 

 a grand rose-bed; 22, a belt of common shrubs; 23, an Irish 

 juniper; 24, a Swedish juniper; 25, Siberian arbor-vitass, con- 

 tinued as a high hedge around to 26, w^here it is terminated by a 

 Nordmanns fir. In the centre of the semicircle which this hedge 

 is intended to describe, and on a line with the centre of the dining- 

 room, is to be an elegant vase for flowers ; and four circular beds 

 for low brilliant flowers are intended to make the view from the 

 bay-window more pleasing. The very small shrubs at the corners 

 of that bay-window represent Irish junipers. 



The flower-beds in this plan need not be described in detail. 

 Quite a number of vases are marked on the plan, but they are not 

 essential to the good effect of the planting, though pleasing addi- 

 tions if well chosen and well filled. 



Fig. 43 is a view of the house on this plan, taken from a point 

 on the street line fifty or sixty feet to the left of this lot, looking 

 across a portion of the neighbor-lot, and its light division fence. 

 The architect having kindly furnished a sketch of the house with- 

 out any reference to the grounds, we have endeavored to sketch 

 the sylvan features as shown on the ground-plan, from the same 

 point of view ; but it is quite impossible in small engravings to do 



